The Dark Forest

I picked this book up at the library when I realized that all the Hugo nominees except the one I was holding in my hand were checked out. I got this crazy notion up my butt to read all the Hugo nominees this year. As I looked through the list, I realized some were the second books of series of which I hadn't read the first book, and one of the nominees was the third book of a trilogy of which I only read the first book. That first book was "The Three-Body Problem" which I read for book club and gave four stars. So since the library had the second book, I decided to pick it up and give it a try. It was better than I expected for the second book of a trilogy. Usually, I find the second book to be a coasting, a long setup for the denouement of the third book. This book, though a tough read, was nearly self-contained and had a very interesting plot.

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